2021.633: Madame’s White Bird

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.633

People

Romare Bearden, American (Charlotte, NC 1911 - 1988 New York, NY)

Title

Madame’s White Bird

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c.1975

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/374750

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Collage on board

Technique

Collage

Dimensions

32.5 × 37.8 × 0.6 cm (12 13/16 × 14 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
mat: 39.4 × 44.5 cm (15 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
frame: 42.4 × 47.5 × 3.8 cm (16 11/16 × 18 11/16 × 1 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., in black ink: Romare Bearden
• label: On backing board: Memory and Metaphor / The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1982 / 096 Madame's White Bird, 1975 / Collage and mixed media on board / 13 x 15 in. / Collection of Jane and David Shapiro, Washington D.C.
• label: On backing board: ACA Galleries / 529 West 20th Street New York, New York 10011 Tel. 212 206 8080 / Artist Romare Bearden Loc. # CWW / TItle Madam's Whilebird [incorrect spelling], 1975 / medium mm/collage size 13x15
• label: On backing board: Loan to / Brooklyn Museum / from / 17 Wendell St. / Gallery- / TL1981.216- / cat. 28
• label: On backing board: Mint Museum / Loan / TL28.80.47
• exhibition label: On backing board: Museum of Contemporary Art / "Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden / 1940-1987," Museum of Contemporary Art, September / 28-November 10, 1991 / Romare Bearden / Madame's White Bird, 1975 / Collage and mixed media on board / Collection Jane and David Shapiro, Washington D.C. / 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611 312/280-2660
• exhibition label: On backing board: The Mint Museum of Art / 501 Hampstead Place / Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 / Romare Bearden 1970-1980 / Acc.No. 28 / Title Madam's White Bird / Date 1975 / Artist Romare Bearden / Medium Collage on board / Size 13x15 / Credit 17 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• exhibition label: On backing board: From / The Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Massachusetts College of Art / 364 Brookline Ave Boston, Mass. 02215 / Madam's White Bird / Boston Collects Bearden, May 82
• exhibition label: On backing board: Exhibited at / Mississippi Museum of Art / Post Office Box 1330 / Jackson Mississippi 39205 / Exhibition Romare Bearden 1970-1980 / Dates 1-30/3-29/81 / Title Madam's White Bird
• exhibition label: On backing board: The Baltimore Museum of Art / Art Museum Drive Baltimore Maryland 21218 / Exhibition: Romare Bearden 1970-1980 / Dates: April 26-June 14 1981 / Title: Madam's White Bird / Artist: Romare Bearden / Lender: 17 Wendell Street Gallery / Loan No: 10409.28
• label: removed from backing board: 45 Madams' Whitebird, 1975 / Collage / 11 7/8 x 8 inches
• label: removed from backing board: 617-864-9294 / Wendell Street Gallery / 17 Wendell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Artist; to Jane B. Shapiro (1975-2021), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the David L. and Jane B. Shapiro Collection

Copyright

© Romare Bearden Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.633

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Exhibition History

• American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023

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